Sonita

Mar 30, 2016

1h 31m

★ 6.9

Overview

If 18-year-old Sonita had a say, Michael Jackson and Rihanna would be her parents and she'd be a rapper who tells the story of Afghan women and their fate as child brides. She finds out that her family plans to sell her to an unknown husband for $9,000.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

NDR

TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion

Intermezzo Films

SRG SSR

RTS

Sonita Trailers

Cast

Herself

Sonita Alizadeh

Himself, construction worker

Ahmad Ahmadi

Herself, Sonita's sister

Latifah Alizadeh

Herself, Sonita Alizadeh's niece

Fadia Alizadeh

Herself

Arefe

Herself

Farzaneh Davoodi

Herself

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Himself

Roham Maher

Herself, executive director, Strongheart Group

Cori Shepherd Stern

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